A Substitute Guest Blog
Susie and Geoff just left after a wonderful, but short, visit. Unfortunately for you, we kept them too busy to write a blog. So, I thought I'd give you a quick update/rundown of their visit. Susie arrived on Wednesday. Geoff flew in Saturday morning. The weather turned grey and rainy (aka British) Friday and we spent a lot of time in galleries and museums. I think they may have had enough art to last a month or so!
The highlight of the visit, however, was definitely Saturday night, when we attended a performance of The Lord of The Rings, the musical. Yes, you read that right! "How long was it?" You ask? They managed to trim it down to 3 hours, while doing their best to keep every plot element. It should have been called "The Lord of the Rings: abridged." In John's words, "because they attempted to keep every plot element, nothing was given much importance and you didn't really feel invested." (he said it much better than that!) We didn't think the music was that great and the men sounded more like rock singers than musical singers, but it was definitely worth seeing for the design alone. The set and costume design was phenomenal. The stage has multiple revolves and every piece of the stage can move up and down independently from the rest. They also use puppetry and stilts and everything you can think of to use in a show. It was a wonder to watch! In spite of the terrible heat (we were up in the highest balcony,) I would recommend seeing it if you can get the cheap seats.
Yesterday, while I was in rehearsal, John took Susie and Geoff all over London- hitting all the attractions we had missed- and then we had a nice pub dinner followed by rousing games of Anagram and Shout About Movies.
It was great to see Susie and get to know Geoff. We were sad to see them go. They are now headed to Paris and Brussels for a few more days.
In other news- my show opens one week from tomorrow. YAY! And John isn't feeling well, so he came home early and is napping.
The highlight of the visit, however, was definitely Saturday night, when we attended a performance of The Lord of The Rings, the musical. Yes, you read that right! "How long was it?" You ask? They managed to trim it down to 3 hours, while doing their best to keep every plot element. It should have been called "The Lord of the Rings: abridged." In John's words, "because they attempted to keep every plot element, nothing was given much importance and you didn't really feel invested." (he said it much better than that!) We didn't think the music was that great and the men sounded more like rock singers than musical singers, but it was definitely worth seeing for the design alone. The set and costume design was phenomenal. The stage has multiple revolves and every piece of the stage can move up and down independently from the rest. They also use puppetry and stilts and everything you can think of to use in a show. It was a wonder to watch! In spite of the terrible heat (we were up in the highest balcony,) I would recommend seeing it if you can get the cheap seats.
Yesterday, while I was in rehearsal, John took Susie and Geoff all over London- hitting all the attractions we had missed- and then we had a nice pub dinner followed by rousing games of Anagram and Shout About Movies.
It was great to see Susie and get to know Geoff. We were sad to see them go. They are now headed to Paris and Brussels for a few more days.
In other news- my show opens one week from tomorrow. YAY! And John isn't feeling well, so he came home early and is napping.
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